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+# Provider
+
+This is a trivial module intended only to expose the Terraform provider
+publicly.
diff --git a/provider/provider.go b/provider/provider.go
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+package provider
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-azurerm/internal/provider"
+)
+
+func Provider() *schema.Provider {
+	return provider.AzureProvider()
+}